The Palmetto Empowerment and Enrichment Academy
Columbia · SC · Dept of Juvenile Justice · Public · K-12 combined
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Empowerment and Enrichment Academy → SCDJJ Evaluation and Detention Center → Sara Babb High → Broad River High → Kirkland High → Ben Lippen School → Columbia High → SC Connections Academy →📋 At a glance
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 1 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 0% (Bottom 0% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How The Palmetto Empowerment and Enrichment Academy compares for families
What families should know about The Palmetto Empowerment and Enrichment Academy.
- ▸ LocallySC sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Empowerment and Enrichment Academy, SCDJJ Evaluation and Detention Center, Sara Babb High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Limited — narrow advanced curriculum
Bottom 22% of US high schools
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 0% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Empowerment and Enrichment Academy Columbia |
Public | 0.0 | 65 | — |
| SCDJJ Evaluation and Detention Center Columbia |
Public | 0.0 | 366 | +96.8% |
| Sara Babb High Columbia |
Public | 0.8 | 8 | — |
| Broad River High Columbia |
Public | 1.2 | 28 | — |
| Kirkland High Columbia |
Public | 1.2 | 42 | — |
| Ben Lippen School Columbia |
Private | 2.2 | 964 | +671.2% |
| Columbia High Columbia |
Public | 2.3 | 681 | -1.4% |
| SC Connections Academy Columbia |
Public · charter | 2.7 | 2,949 | +13.6% |